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Stradbroke Fire Engine from 1843.

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Stradbroke Fire Engine circa 1843 standing in New Street. Girling Photograph.
Stradbroke is rightly proud of its Fire Crew. When the alarm sounds, they immediately respond. SARA searched back to look at old reports and found many within the…

Adding the Fire Device to an Automobile

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A group of men studying the attachment of the Fire device to a car.
Getting a horse to the engine house and then towing an engine to a fire took time so towing it by car seemed a good idea. When it became detached during it's first journey and ended…

Building new Fire Station

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Building the New Fire Station

Fire in New Street , circa 1920 - series

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Fire in New Street in 1920 - onlookers on bicycles.

Fire Brigade group photograph

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Fire Brigade group photograph

Roly Copping receiving a Fire Service medal

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Roly Copping receiving a Fire Service medal.

Fire fighters standing in front of their Fire Engine. - series

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Fire fighters standing in front of their Fire Engine. The picture is taken in New Street.

Firemen at Ease

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Firemen with their Fire Engine enjoying a joke.

Sewers being built

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The sewers being built along Queen Street

The Obituary for Fred Copping

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The Obituary for Fred Copping who died in 1970 at the age of 75. Fred was a Fireman and former sub-oficer for 27 years,

Fire Service - Dennis engine - Webb photograph

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Dennis Fire Engine. The side plate reads 'Stradbroke Parish Council' and the vehicle is parked outside Clocky Rose's on New Street. W-166

Church Graveyard Graves - series

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A plan of the graveyard around All Saints Church and a list of names to correspond.

Gravestones 21-28

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21 John and Mary Aldous, 22 Catherine and Emma Garrod, 24 Jonathan and Rhoda Davy, 25 Thomas Bumpstead,
26 Sarah Davy, 26 Side Alice Davy, 27 Francis Allum, 28 Manalath Allum,

Gravestones 29 - 39

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Gravestones 29 John Musk, 31 Sarah and James Percy, 32 1 Carrie and Charles Rush, 33 Daniel and Susann Walne , 34 John Walne, 35 R Mary Beechcroft & 36 L Elizabeth Walne , 37 William Girling, 38 RHS John Farrow, 38 LHS Sarah Farrow, 39 Margaret…

Gravestone 40 - 49

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Gravestone 40 1 Fanny Foulsham, 41 Susan and John Foulsham, 42 Ellen Rush, 43 3 Mary and Charles Rush, 44 Harriet and Harry Rush, 45 Jessie Foulsham, 46 Lucy Foulsham, 47 Minnie Foulsham, 48 Richard Sarah and George Beecroft, 49 Francis Betts

Gravestones 50 - 59

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Gravestones in All Saints Church churchyard

Gravestone - 60 - 69

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Gravestones in All Saints Church churchyard.

Gravestone - 70 - 79

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Gravestones in All Saints Church churchyard.

Gravestone 80 - 89

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Gravestones in All Saints Church churchyard.

Gravestone - 90 - 94

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Gravestones in All Saints Church churchyard.

All Saints Churchyard circa 1900

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A view of the churchyard looking towards Queen Street.

John Keeble - article

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Article written by Mike Readman about John Keeble.

Village Show - 8th June 1984

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Newspaper Reports of the village show of 1984

Village Carnival 8th June 1990

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Newspaper Reports of the Village Carnival held on 8th June 1990

The unveiling of the Village Sign

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The Village sign was unveiled by Lord Stradbroke. This sign has since been replaced after it was noticed that the wood was badly rotted.

Police Sergeant Ruffles retires.

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The picture shows Sergeant Ruffles and his wife, Captain and Mrs Carter and Mr Jenner ( the new pc for Stradbroke), The photograph was taken at the back of 'Chantala' - bungalow in the Wilby Road. Sergeant Ruffles was Stradbroke's War time Policeman.

Newspaper article reporting on the 80th birthday of Claud Rush.

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Newspaper article reporting on the 80th birthday of Claud Rush. June 6th 1983

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The Post Office and Church Street

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The view shows the light hanging from the Post Office - now Town House in Church Street.

The Leftley Family

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The Leftly Family gather outside The Ivy House for a group photograph. Elizabeth and Fred Leftley - seated in the middle of the picture - were the publicans at the pub.

Mr Francis Cossey - Landlord of The White Hart

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Francis Cossey, Landlord of The White Hart. who died in 1891 after an accident whilst driving the Mail cart.